47: George Barnett, These New Puritans. He had the introverted arrogance of Ian Curtis, the literary leanings of a lonely bookworm and, oh, also fronted the best art-rock band to emerge in 2006. But how has George fared in 2007â

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46: Jackie McKeown, 1990s. The snaggle-toothed rocker whoâ

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45: Victoria Bergman, ex-The Concretes. Having parted from her fellow Concretes following a memorable performance on the Jonathan Ross Show in May, Victoria made her mark on 2006 with her effortless vocal contribution to Peter, John And Bjornâ

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44: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. Sam Duckworth put a firecracker up the arses of singer-songwriters everywhere last year, having more in common with Plan B than King Creosote – To find out how he fared in 2007â

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43: Devendra Banhart. As if on a psychedelic magic carpet ride through the mystical realms of indie credibility, Devandra Banhartâ

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42: Mince, The Fratellis. Fed up of pretty boys in 2006? Mince was the antidote. He obviously shunned hair straighteners, dressed worse than a Jet roadie and wore vests in public. but will this be enough to guarantee his cool in 2007? Pic: Danny North

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41: Tunde Adebimpe, TV On The Radio. As well as fronting the phenomenal TV On The Radio, Tunde rocked our world in 2006 by being mates with Bowie, wanting to feed Dubya LSD and thinking "I will be your accident if you will be my ambulance" is a good chat-up line.

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40: Ali Love. In the year New Rave broke, â

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39: Mike Skinner, The Streets. In 2006, we rewarded Mike for dropping another number one album, reanimating Miami Vice chic, and pulling Pete Doherty onto his track â

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38: Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream. When old Bobby G wasnâ

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37: Jamie Williams, Tilly And The Wall. Tap dancing was never cool. Being a percussionist never cut the mustard either. But somehow in 2006, Jamie made the two achingly ice cold.

33: Vincent Vincent, Vincent Vincent And The Villains. We clapped the uniquely-monikered Vincent on the back for stirring up a rockabilly rebel riot in his fancy shoes and his spickâ

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32: Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys. Alex Turner made it into the Cool List for the second year running for playing a long game in 2006, shying away from publicity and hype and preparing for the release of â

30 Statik: The producer invented a new genre of music in 2006 and got Pete and Carl back together – enough said. But did he do enough in 2007? Find out in today’s NME magazine. Pic: Dean Chalkley

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28: Pete Doherty, Babyshambles. Given the ever-present turmoil that follows the Babyshambles man, on first glance, 2006 was a good year for our beloved Pete. He got back together with Kate Moss, â

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27: Matt Bellamy, Muse. Apparently, Matt Bellamy of Muse has very small vocal chords, leading to his particularly testicular singing. This is a man who’s not afraid to wax on about conspiracy theories, a trait to be feared and respected. This is a man who deserved to be at 27 in 2006â

25: Jay Z. Last year, Jay-Z showed the hip hop world what a real man is by ending his vicious beef with Nas in handshakes not gun fire. Then he came to London and infiltrated rockâ

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24: Meg White, The White Stripes. The sweetest drummer since Animal, Meg White makes bashing buckets look like an art. Despite doing, well, very little last year, she was still cooler than dry ice. Also accessorises like a demon.

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23: Albert Hammond Jr, The Strokes. Nobody plays a guitar with a lit cigarette in its neck like Albert Hammond Jr. does. That alone would be justification enough for his inclusion at number 23, but 2006 was also the year in which Albert revealed himself as The Little Stroke Who Could, releasing a brilliant solo album â

20: Jamie Frost, The Automatic. Jamie Frost filled 21st place in 2006. Guitarist in the gap year project of the decade, emo-boy Frosty is responsible for The Automatic’s rider request of a David Hasselhoff shrine in every dressing room. And he performed drunk on GMTV. His definition of cool? â

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18: Carl BarÃ¢t, Dirty Pretty Things. While we hailed Barat as the most honourable man in rock, 2006 also saw the Dirty Pretty Thing break his collarbone in a motorcycle accident and persuade Paul Weller to play â

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17: Ryan Ross, Panic! At The Disco. He’s the chief lyricist for a big bucks emo band and Brandon Flowers hates him, but thatâ

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15: Tahita Bulmer, New Young Pony Club. â

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13: Jamie Reynolds, Klaxons. Thanks to the Klaxonsâ

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12: Liam Gallagher, Oasis. In 2006, Liam revealed himself to be a bit of a sweetheart in an interview with us. A sneeringly cool sweetheart, that is. Will he make 2007’s list? Find out in the new issue of NME, out today. Pic: Dean Chalkley

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11: Paul Simonon, The Good The Bad And The Queen. Look, the guy was in the Clash, heâ

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6: Kieren Webster, The View. Yes, he may have looked as though he was in perennial need of a wash, and his impenetrable Dundonian accent occasionally made it sound as though he was talking ancient Aramaic backwards, but just try and question his cool in front of his legions of female followers. To see where he came in 2007â

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4: Jarvis Cocker. Cool is meant to have a half-life, but Jarv returned with an album that proves his worth as the British Bacharach (abetted by fellow old man du jour Richard Hawley), a genius Podcast series of creepy childrenâ

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3: Lily Allen. Back in 2006 Lilyâ

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2: Faris Rotter, The Horrors. In 2006 Faris emerged as a boy who grew up in seaside suburbia yet, with the help of a few friends, a love of obscure garage, hairspray and liberal lashings of Kohl, became part of the most sought-after, simultaneously loved and loathed band since the Pistols. To see where he came in 2007â

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1: Beth Ditto, The Gossip. She came from trailer-park poverty in a neo-conservative bible belt state, and went on to defy every prejudice and sneer thrown at her, dropping the song of the year in a soul-punk riot affront to dated values. Even elder statesman of rock Noel Gallagher declared, â

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Karen O : Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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LoveFoxx : CSS

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Gerard Way : My Chemical Romance

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The Killers
Brandon Flowers

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That’s another camera lens gone… Rave-metal behemoths Enter Shikari release their new mini-album ‘The Zone’ next week and we’ve got the definitive review in this week’s NME, out now. Pic: Danny North

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Poor Kele, he hasn’t realised you have to use a mic when singing… we review Bloc Party’s Electric Proms show complete with a choir at Camden’s Roundhouse, London (October 27), in this week’s issue of NME. Pic: Andy Willsher

In a rare moment between arrests and court proceedings, we talked to Pete Doherty about struggling to stay clean and the future of Babyshambles – check out the interview in the news section of this week’s NME, out now.

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Fresh from the high seas to, um, Sheffield… Pete And The Pirates play at Fuzztival at Sheffield University (October 27) – and we review it in this week’s NME, out now.
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Shamanic dancing breaks out as You Say Party! We Say Die! rock Fuzztival at Sheffield University (October 27). Read the definitive review in this week’s NME, out now.
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In next week’s issue of NME, pick up a free Bloc Party Collectors’ Edition CD, featuring four remixes of the band’s brand new single. Also see the issue for the opportunity to go to a super-exclusive Bloc Party gig at a secret location. Get your hands on the issue on November 14.

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Behind the scenes of this year’s Cool List photo shoots… New Music Editor Alex Miller interviewing The Horrors’ Spider Webb. See the full list in this week’s issue of NME, out now.

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Kate Nash gets perked up at the shoot for our Cool List – find out what place the ‘Foundations’ star got to in the new issue of NME, out at UK newsstands now. Pic: Dean Chalkley

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In our Tracks section, we crown Bloc Party’s brand spanking new single ‘Flux’ Track Of The Week – the song is released next Monday (November 12) and we’re giving away an exclusive free CD of remixes next week with NME (out November 14).

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Dave Grohl reviews the new Led Zeppelin compilation in this week’s issue – yes, that’s right, Dave Grohl! Check it out at UK newsstands today.

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He used to be a hobo, his guitar’s only got three strings, but this dude’s a legend… Read our review of Seasick Steve performing at the Scala, London (October 29) in this week’s NME, out now. Pic: Sonia Melot

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We also checked out Vampire Weekend for you at the Holy Cow club night at The Social in London (October 24). Check out what we thought in the Cool List issue of NME.
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Led Zeppelin release ‘Mothership’ next week and we’ve got Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl to review the colossal compilation in this week’s NME, at UK newsstands from today.

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Hot new group Cut Off Your Hands feature in this week’s Radar section – check out the piece in this week’s NME, out now. Pic: Jo McCaughey

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Suki from The Real Heat – we don’t want to spoil anything, but she’s in the Cool List… To see what other bastions of cool we’ve chosen, pick up a copy of the new issue of NME, out now.

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Suki from The Real Heat opens up her box of tricks at the NME Cool List photo shoot.

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The Verve play their first gig after reforming at Glasgow Academy (November 3), and we’ve got a great gallery picture from the show in this week’s NME, out now. Pic: Andy Willsher

The NME Cool List 2007 – 16 Noel Gallagher, Oasis: The big man. He tangoed with Ditto at the Britâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 17 Hayley Williams, Paramore: A fizzing firecracker of emo-pop goodness. A salt-of-the-earth charm, an unapologetic ebullience and an ability to pen the (live) journal to our lives (see ‘Misery Business’), Williams is a bundle of emo-pop goodness. Check out the new issue of NME, out now, to see the full Cool List 2007, and rate who’s cool and who’s not at NME.COM/Coollist now. Pic: Ed Miles

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 18 Brandonâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 19 Matt Bellamy, Muse: We havenâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 20 James Smith, Hadouken!: Meet the nicest guy in Grindie-Rave. The man who splits opinion like he does crowds (during the bandâ

The NME Cool List 2007 – 22 Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys: Even better than the gorilla in that advert. A successful clothes designer, a quality DJ and now – thanks to tips from band producer James Ford â

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 24 Craig Finn, The Hold Steady: They played NME Towers. Nuff said. This year The Hold Steady excelled as one of the most exciting bands on the planet, while their show in NMEâ

The NME Cool List 2007 – 12 Thom Yorke, Radiohead (last year 9): The Karl Marx of music. He delivered the best Radiohead album in 10 years and revolutionised the music industry in the process. Check out the new issue of NME, out now, to see the full Cool List 2007, and rate who’s cool and who’s not at NME.COM/Coollist now.

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 11 MIA (re-entry): Flipped Uncle Sam the bird. Who needs America? Instead, MIA vowed to record her album in China and made such a multi-cultural mash-up masterpiece that the Yanks made her Top 20 anyway. Pic: Pieter M.Van Hattem

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 1 Frank Carter, Gallows (new): 2007 – the year punk broke again. One man led the charge. It was blood at first sight… He didnâ

The NME Cool List 2007 – 4 Ryan Jarman, The Cribs (re-entry): The enemy of generation Razorshite. The most anarchic Jarman bro spent the year pinning the Bovine Publicâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 5 Lethal Bizzle (new): Most sought-after grime star since Mr Muscle. If you can judge a man by the company that he keeps then the Bizzleâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 6 Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys (last year 32): Fluorescent adolescent. Because British rock has never seen such a figurehead so uninterested in attention or being famous. Top marks for not trying. Check out the new issue of NME, out now, to see the full Cool List 2007, and rate who’s cool and who’s not at NME.COM/Coollist now. Pic: Tom Sheehan

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 7 Kate Nash (new entry): So cool sheâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 8 Amy Winehouse (last year 50): Was there any question of her not being on the list? We say, â

The NME Cool List 2007 – 10 Keith Richards (last year 26): Who the fuck is Mick Jagger? Latest achievements: eating cigarettes and snorting his dad. And he has his own personal backstage cottage pie. All hail rockâ

The NME Cool List 2007 – 39 Kyle Falconer, The View (new): The face of a child, the constitution of an ox. The Viewâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 39 Nicky Wire, Manic Street Preachers (new): A light that never goes out. At 38, Nicky Wire is like Pete Burns trapped in an eternal wife-swap with Frank Carter. He just made his best album in a decade, and became the only man in indiedom who dared speak out against Arcade Fire. Check out the new issue of NME, out now, to see the full Cool List 2007, and rate who’s cool and who’s not at NME.COM/Coollist now. Pic: Dean Chalkley

The NME Cool List 2007 – 42 Cole Alexander, Black Lips (new): The acceptable face of the dirty South. Happy to piss, sick-up or get nudie in front of a paying audience is pretty amazing. Doing it while looking like you’ve just rolled out of a pigsty on to the stage is even better.

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 43 Suki XXX, The Real Heat (new): The anti-Sugababe. While the industry fubs itself off about â

The NME Cool List 2007 – 45 Yannis Philippakis, Foals (new): If you wear skinny jeans, he hates you. After pretty much every conventional Foals gig, frontman Yannis takes it upon himself to organise an impromptu house party show in any kitchen thatâ

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 47 Carlos D, Interpol (re-entry): How is it on the West Coast? Gloomy. A coffin-botherer with the second best ‘tache in the business – Interpol’s silent bassist really shouldn’t be anywhere near as cool as he is, but he pulls off the Victorian undertaker look with devilish poise. Pic: Joe McCaughey

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 46 Patrick Wolf (re-entry): Boy wonder. Patrick Wolf has come a long way since stripping down to his waist and wailing out Celine Dion ballads at NME Pub Golf. This year he also brilliantly declared that "Mika is a twat". Check out the new issue of NME, out now, to see the full Cool List 2007, and rate who’s cool and who’s not at NME.COM/Coollist now.

The NME Cool List 2007 – 32 Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance (last year 8): Irritating the indie mainstream since 2004. The cockroach of the Cool List. No matter how hard the haters try to stamp him out, he just keeps coming back, and having made concept albums cool again, heâ

The NME Cool List 2007 – 15 Lou Hayter, New Young Pony Club (new): More than a porcelain pretty face. In between the Pony Club’s mad year, and her Jamie Klaxon-endorsed new-rave-WAG status, she’s even found time to release a single with her own frosty-cool band The New Sins. Check out the new issue of NME, out now, to see the full Cool List 2007, and rate who’s cool and who’s not at NME.COM/Coollist now. Pic: Joe McCaughey

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 36 Ian Brown (re-entry): Some kind of preacher man. The great man showed up again with a manifesto that aims to right pretty much every wrong in the entire word, ever. Awe inspiring. Pic: Dean Chalkley

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The NME Cool List 2007 – 50 Spider Webb, The Horrors (new): The transistor organ, the bowl cut, the lavish eye make up and, most of all, the instrumental side-project inspired by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Spider And The Flies â